This weekend, on June 4-5, our partners Vita Activa hosted VitaFest 2022 — the first international festival on community care for digital resilience. The full lineup of virtual sessions are now available for you to explore:
The festival brought together women and LGBTQI+ people, journalists, activists and defenders of gender rights, labor rights, mother earth, and freedom of expression, survivors of sociopolitical and gender conflict, and circles of women and digital artists with a gender perspective, along with a broad community of people interested and involved in mental health, inclusion, and respect for human rights. The sessions bring forward the lived experiences of people targeted with online gender-based violence, and explore empathetic and constructive approaches to healing and resilience.
The festival’s host, Vita Activa, is a helpline for women and LGBTQI+ people, journalists, activists, and human rights defenders who face online gender-based violence, stress, anxiety, chronic fatigue, trauma, and pain. They provide free, confidential, and anonymous services in both English ([email protected]) and Spanish ([email protected]) supporting psychological and digital first aid, holistic crisis management, and strategic decision making.
For those of you joining us for RightsCon (June 6-10, 2022), we encourage you to connect with the Vita Activa team in several sessions where they will be speaking throughout the week.
Access Now proudly supports the work of Vita Activa through our Grants program.